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Morrisons extends 10% discount for NHS heroes

– Initial April discount for NHS Heroes has been extended indefinitely –

– The move is to thank hard working NHS staff as they continue to battle against the coronavirus during the winter months –

Morrisons is to extend the 10% discount that NHS heroes receive on their grocery shop.

The discount was first introduced in April and aims to support the 1.5 million NHS staff through the winter. It is a thank you from Morrisons.

With hospitals again dealing with an increased number of coronavirus cases, NHS staff are supporting the country through the next stage of the pandemic. Morrisons is therefore to extend the discount.

As well as receiving a discount in Morrisons stores, NHS workers are also able to make use of it while ordering a home delivery through Morrisons.com. They simply have to sign up for the Morrisons NHS Club to receive the discount. 

David Potts, Morrisons Chief Executive said: “We want to continue to support all those in the National Health Service and show our appreciation for the fearless work they undertake daily. We hope alongside our other measures, shopping can be a little bit easier for our vital NHS staff.”

To benefit from the 10% discount staff need to present their NHS ID card in all Morrisons stores.

To make sure NHS staff can get hold of the groceries they need, Morrisons also offer an NHS hour at the beginning of every day from 6am-7am.

On Sundays, the majority of stores open at 9am for hard working NHS workers to shop.

Morrisons goes glitter-free

Morrisons has removed glitter entirely from its own-brand ranges of greetings cards, gift wrap, seasonal items and horticulture in stores.

This means all Morrisons cards, crackers, wrapping paper, present bags, flowers, plants and wreaths are now 100 per cent glitter-free. Glitter is made from tiny particles of plastic and is an ecological hazard if it becomes dispersed on land, rivers and oceans – where it takes hundreds of years to degrade.

The move extends to non-seasonal as well as seasonal lines meaning Morrisons shoppers can shop more sustainably all year round. Soluble inks, foil and paper reliefs will instead be used to decorate Morrisons FSC certified paper cards, wrap and bags to give them a festive feel.

Morrisons has also removed all plastic toys from its Christmas crackers, which will be completely plastic-free this year.

All contents – such as games and gifts – will now be made out of paper, metal or wood and are designed to be kept and reused. The cracker shells will be made from FSC accredited cardboard and decorated with a metallic basked ink – which means they can be recycled at kerbside, along with their packaging.

In a further move to make Christmas more sustainable, Morrisons has also reduced the amount of plastic packaging on cards and decorations. The majority of Morrisons cards will come boxed in recyclable cardboard and 100 per cent of packaging on cards and decorations can be easily recycled by local authorities.

The supermarket is also introducing a wide range of ‘no plastic’ felt, hessian and wooden Christmas decorations.

The move to ban glitter and reduce plastic in Christmas ranges means that Morrisons will be removing more than 50 tonnes of plastic from its shelves during the festive period, and more across non-seasonal lines all year round.

Christine Bryce, Morrisons Home Director. said: “Every time a cracker is pulled, or a card is opened, plastics have been used…but just the once. So, we’ve taken glitter and plastic out of our festive range this year – so that our customers can enjoy their festivities without worrying about the environmental impact.

“This means that we’re now 100 per cent glitter free across all our own brand ranges which is an important step in the fight against plastic pollution.”


Morrisons glitter-free Christmas cards are in store now. Crackers, decorations, wrapping paper and gift bags will be appearing on shelves throughout October and November.

In May, Morrisons increased its target to reduce own-brand plastic packaging from 25% to 50% by 2025.

For more details on Morrisons commitments around plastic visit:  https://www.morrisons-corporate.com/cr/corporate-responsibility/.

One stop shop: Morrisons launch luxury Christmas food box to feed family of four

Morrisons has announced it will be offering customers the UK’s easiest-to-buy Christmas dinner. Customers won’t need to beat the queues, select their items or even book a delivery slot.

Instead, with a touch of a button, customers will be able to order a Christmas Dinner Box online and it will be delivered direct to their door just in time for the big day.

With many families across the country self-isolating or avoiding supermarkets, Morrisons is launching the one stop shop 16-piece Christmas Dinner Box to take the stress out of festive food shopping.

The dinner contains festive favourites such as Turkey and all the trimmings, a cheese board and crackers, deep-filled mince pies and a festive yule log.

Priced at £50 including delivery, the Morrisons Christmas Dinner Box will go on presale on the 13th October and will be delivered to customers’ doorsteps on the 22nd and 23rd December. It will arrive in a specially developed box so that items remain cold and fresh until they reach customers’ fridge.

What’s included:

Morrisons British Turkey Parcel (serves 4-7)Morrisons The Best Goose Fat Potatoes
Morrisons The Best Pigs in BlanketsMorrisons The Best Deep Filled Mince Pies
Morrisons The Best Sage & Onion Stuffing BallsMorrisons The Best Mature Blue Stilton
Morrisons The Best Cranberry SauceMorrisons The Best Brie De Meaux
 Morrisons The Best Turkey GravyMorrisons The Best Caledonian Vintage Cheddar 300g
Morrisons The Best Sprouts with lightly smoked gammon Morrisons The Best Festive Fruit Chutney
Morrisons The Best Heritage Carrots with butterMorrisons The Best Rye Sourdough Crackers 130G
Morrisons The Best Honey & Mustard Baby Parsnips Morrisons The Best Yule Log

Aidan Buckley, Food to Order Director at Morrisons said: “We want to take the stress out of Christmas food shopping and give customers the ultimate hassle-free Christmas dinner to enjoy. In a difficult year, this is the simplest way to get your Christmas meal.”

The Morrisons Christmas Food box is available to order from Tuesday 13th October at https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes for £50 – with delivery on the 22nd or 23rd December this year.

Morrisons introduces new measures to help people who are self isolating

– Customers can order a delivery to their doorstep from items across the supermarket –

Morrisons has launched a service aimed at ensuring customers who are self-isolating can get a delivery of food to their doorstep.

With coronavirus cases rising, Morrisons wants no customer to be left behind and the ‘doorstep delivery’ service will offer all customers who are self-isolating a next-day food delivery (from 10am-6pm). 

Customers simply have to ring the doorstep delivery service where they can choose the items for their emergency delivery. The service was previously only available for elderly and clinically vulnerable people. 

Now anybody who is self-isolating can: 

  • Phone 0345 611 6111 and select option five. 
  • Choose from a items across the supermarket, guided by the telesales operator
  • Place the order and then the delivery is made the following day by a store colleague from their local store, often the store’s Community Champion, who is tasked with helping the community.
  • Pay for delivery on their doorstep via a mobile chip and pin device. The delivery charge is £4.50 (students £2). There is no delivery charge for elderly and vulnerable people.  

Students can also contact Morrisons on email: students-ug@morrisons.co.uk.

Anna Lane, Morrisons Local Director, said: “This doorstep service will ensure that more people who can’t leave their home to go shopping will be able to get a delivery of affordable food.”

Morrisons will be delivering from more stores in order to extend the service across the country. 

Over a thousand new jobs created to fulfil ‘Morrisons on Amazon’ orders

– Roles being advertised focus on picking and packing Morrisons on Amazon orders –

Morrisons is creating over 1,000 permanent jobs to fulfil orders for its services on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon Prime Now.

Morrisons is recruiting the colleagues to help pick and pack customer orders from over 50 stores, covering most major cities and many towns.

Customers are looking for different ways to access grocery home deliveries and Morrisons on Amazon (an Amazon.co.uk service) and the Morrisons Store on Amazon Prime Now (accessible via the Prime Now site and app) provide Prime members with a way of getting free-of-charge same-day grocery delivery. 

Orders are placed on Amazon, before being picked in store by Morrisons employees and packed in a dedicated area. From there, the shopping is collected by Amazon Flex Delivery Partners and delivered to the customer within a two-hour delivery window on the same day.

The ‘Customer Assistant – Pick and Pack’ roles are available in over 50 stores across the country. Successful candidates will work as part of a Delivery team in stores, ensuring that orders are picked and packed correctly and customer service standards are maintained.

Hannah Horsfall, Head of Amazon at Morrisons, said: “At Morrisons, we’re doing everything we can to ensure everyone can order our great value food and have it delivered to their doorstep.

“We’re looking for team players, with good customer service skills that can play their full part in helping to feed the nation.”

All jobs are advertised on the Morrisons Jobs website: https://www.morrisons.jobs/ – search for pick and pack.

Morrisons unveils new home delivery measures to feed the nation

– Customers can sign up for weekly, fortnightly or monthly deliveries of food boxes – 

– Customers will receive the delivery without needing a delivery slot – 

– Savings introduced for food boxes as demand for other online services increases – 

– A Feed a Family Box is also being offered to feed a family of four for five days – 

– New site opened in Wakefield to manufacture food boxes – 

Morrisons is today announcing new measures to its online food box service that will help customers to get a delivery of groceries to their doorstep. 

With demand for online delivery slots increasing across the retail sector, Morrisons will be offering more ways to help customers buy its pre-prepared food boxes. 

New measures include: 

  • From today, Customers can opt for a weekly, fortnightly or monthly food box delivery so they can receive a regular and predictable home delivery. 
  • Those who opt for this ‘subscription’ service will receive a 5% discount.
  • To support customers who want to switch to its Food Boxes Morrisons is offering a further 20 per cent discount which will apply to the first shop. The code is BOX154864P. 
  • Morrisons has set aside a facility in Wakefield with hundreds of staff to make food boxes for the nation.
  • Morrisons is offering a Feed a Family Recipe Box to feed a family of four for five days

With coronavirus case rates rising and new restrictions being introduced, demand for food boxes has increased by 56% per cent in the last week.

Morrisons food boxes were launched in March in response to the pandemic and subsequent lockdown. They provide an alternative for customers who are not able to leave their home or would prefer not to visit a supermarket. Customers can choose from a range of pre-prepared boxes to meet their needs. 

Aidan Buckley, Director of Food to Order, for Morrisons said: “Customers use our food box service to get fresh food and cupboard essentials delivered to their doorstep quickly. We are making the service simpler and even better value to ensure everyone can get access to affordable food at this difficult time.”

Morrisons is offering a Feed a Family Recipe Box to help families get through the week. It contains five meals to feed a family of four. Costing just £30 each meal works out at only £1.50. A Cupboard Essentials box at £22 includes Long Life Milk, Soup, Rice, Pasta, Tuna, Beans, Custard Creams, Wine Gums and even a 4 pack of Toilet Roll.

Customers can also access a Beers, Wines and Gin Boxes, along with Flowers as treats for themselves or gifts for others.  

Morrisons food box range includes; a series of weekly ‘food parcel’ style Essentials Boxes for meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans; Fruit, Meat and Fish boxes for households who want to stock up; and Gluten Free, and Lean Meat boxes for customers with special dietary requirements. 

All boxes are ordered online and delivered to customers doors the next day by DPD.

For further information and to order a Morrisons Food Box please visit:

 https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/

Morrisons invests to increase instore hygiene standards

– Supermarket will introduce new cleaning schedule, equipment and staff in all stores –

– Investment in next 12 months will create 2,240 jobs –

Morrisons is investing even more to increase its hygiene standards – as part of a new programme that will see every one of its 494 stores receive a three-week deep-clean, brand new equipment, and additional cleaning staff.

The latest investment is to make customers feel even safer in store. It follows the supermarket already spending £25 million to implement store safety measures – such as Perspex screens, PPE for colleagues and floor markings and visible signage during lockdown.

2,240 brand new cleaning roles will be created, including a new Market Street Hygiene Assistant in all stores – to clean food preparation areas across Market Street.

This will ensure Morrisons foodmakers can concentrate on making fresh quality products for its butcher, baker, fishmonger, deli, greengrocer and florist departments. Morrisons is unique in preparing and making more than half of the fresh food sold in its stores.

Additionally, nearly 30,000 more hours each week will be put into Morrisons existing Housekeepers and Core Cleaning roles. This will see more areas across its stores – such as toilets, shelving and ‘high touch’ areas – being cleaned even more frequently to protect colleagues and customers.

New Welcome Cleaning Stations are also being fitted at all store entrances providing antibacterial wipes for baskets and trolleys, as well as hand sanitiser.

Jayne Wall, Operations Director at Morrisons said: “The hygiene within our stores has become more important than ever due to the impact of Covid-19. We want to make sure our customers feel as safe as possible when doing their grocery shopping with us. So we’ve made this multi-million-pound investment to introduce first class hygiene procedures.”

For more information, please visit www.morrisons.com.

Feeding the Nation

#ItsMoreThanOurJob

Morrisons slashes prices of grocery essentials

Morrisons has cut and will hold down the price of over 400 of the most popular items to make good food affordable for families this autumn.

With the UK now in recession and some family budgets under pressure, Morrisons yesterday reduced the prices of the 400 essentials by an average of 23 per cent.

Morrisons has already cut the price of over 800 customer favourites across its stores since last year.

This week’s cuts will span Morrisons fresh food, store cupboard staples and cleaning. Products will include fruit and veg, meat and poultry, bread and cornflakes, rice and pasta, plus bleach, cleaning fluid and toilet rolls.

The lower prices are intended to help families returning to work and school. For example, the cost of a family lunch box will be coming down as will the cost of the nation’s most often cooked meal spaghetti bolognese with beef mince, ragu sauce and own-brand spaghetti all coming down in price.[1]

David Potts, Morrisons Chief Executive said: “It’s been a tough year for many families who find themselves stretched. To play our full part in feeding the nation, we’re cutting prices and holding them low to make our food more affordable for everyone. These are not short term promotions these are price cuts that are here to stay.”

Morrisons has been listening carefully to customers who have said that budgeting and value for money have become more important since the Covid-19 pandemic started. Many are worried about its effect on the British economy[2].

Morrisons price cuts include:

Example BasketOld PriceNew Price
Warburton Sliced Rolls, 8pk£1.35£0.99
Morrisons Bran Flakes, 1kg£1.50£0.99
PG Tips Original Pyramid Teabags, 240s, 696g£4.50£3.49
Morrisons Olive Oil, 1l£3.70£2.49
John West Tuna Chunks in Brine, 4 x 145g£5.00£2.99
Dolmio Original, 750g£2.00£1.45
Morrisons Orange Juice, 3x200ml£0.80£0.55
Morrisons Halloumi, 225g£2.00£1.59
Morrisons Lean Beef Mince 5% Fat, 500g£3.30£2.69
Morrisons Chicken Thigh Fillets, 1kg£4.80£3.99
Morrisons Round Lettuce£0.65£0.45
Morrisons Baking Potatoes, 2.5kg£1.45£1.39
Morrisons Granny Smith Apples, 6pk£1.60£1.19
Morrisons Original Bleach, 750ml£0.60£0.39
Morrisons Toilet Tissue White, 2pk£1.00£0.69

Feeding the Nation: #ItsMoreThanOurJob

Morrisons DOUBLES number of professional florists in-store as flowers sales surge

– 300 professional florists to offer handmade bouquet service across the UK this Autumn –

– Research shows flowers are the country’s most popular lockdown purchase, with online searches up 277% –

Morrisons is doubling the number of fully-qualified, expert florists in its stores to 300 this Autumn – to provide fresh, bespoke bouquets for its customers.

The supermarket is expanding its instore florist shops, which will see a further 60 florist stations installed across the UK – to take the total to over 100. 

The new florist shops will provide 180 additional roles for qualified professional florists, who may be out of work following the impact that the pandemic has had on the high street.

Recent Google data has found that flowers have been one of the country’s most popular online purchases during lockdown, with online searches up 277 per cent. Morrisons is currently selling over four million flower stems every week.

Morrisons is doubling the number of fully-qualified, expert florists in its stores to 300 this Autumn – to provide fresh, bespoke bouquets for its customers. The supermarket is expanding its instore florist shops, which will see a further 60 florist stations installed across the UK – to take the total to over 100. The new florist shops will provide 180 additional roles for qualified professional florists, who may be out of work following the impact that the pandemic has had on the high street. Recent Google data has found that flowers have been one of the country’s most popular online purchases during lockdown, with online searches up 277 per cent. Morrisons is currently selling over four million flower stems every week. All Morrisons florists will offer a handmade-to-order bouquet service, with customers able to choose from 75 different stem varieties. Bouquets can be crafted for any occasion and to any budget. They are prepared whilst customers do their weekly shop. For more information, please contact the Morrisons press office at The Academy morrisons@theacademypr.com

All Morrisons florists will offer a handmade-to-order bouquet service, with customers able to choose from 75 different stem varieties. Bouquets can be crafted for any occasion and to any budget. They are prepared whilst customers do their weekly shop.

Morrisons offers a five day freshness guarantee for all of its flowers in the home. The supermarket works closely with growers to plant their fields and has one of the quickest ‘field to store’ transit times. Stems are delivered fresh to stores each day, sourced from FlowerWorld – a 17.5 acre flower site, wholly owned by the supermarket. 

The prices of Morrison’s bouquets are up to a third lower than those from well-known national online florists as it has direct relationships with growers rather than working with wholesalers.

Jane Watson, Flowers Manager at Morrisons said: “Flowers make people feel happier – with their beautiful shapes, bright colours and scents. We work with some of the best growers in the world and have some of the best stems.

“So we wanted to have the best florists in store to make bouquets for our customers. It’s been a difficult year for the flower industry, and we hope this also provides good job prospects for florists looking for work.” 

To place an order or find the nearest Morrisons florist, visit www.morrisons.co.uk.

Morrisons Launches Tommy’s Afternoon Tea Food Box to Mark WW2 Anniversary

Morrisons has added to its collection of Food Boxes with a special ‘Tommy’s Afternoon Tea Box’ to help customers celebrate the anniversary of the end of World War II on Wednesday 2 September.

Shoppers have two options when ordering the box: £15 will get you all of the traditional teatime treats including scones, clotted cream, cakes and ingredients for sandwiches and for an additional £5 your box will come with a full-size bottle of Prosecco.

Both boxes support the Royal British Legion Industries’ Tommy Tea campaign, with £1 from every box going to the charity, as well as an additional £10,000 that has been donated by the supermarket. Each box will also contain a leaflet with information about the charity and a free car sticker.

Amy Bishop, Manager of Food Boxes at Morrisons said: “We’re proud to continue supporting our veterans and the RBLI’s Tommy’s Tea Campaign. Our new food box is packed full of ingredients for customers to host their own celebrations to mark this historic occasion.”

The box is available to pre-order now and will be delivered to customers over the bank holiday weekend.

A typical box contains:

•    Morrisons The Best All Butter Sultana Scone 4 Pack

•    Rodda’s Classic Cornish Clotted Cream

•    Mini Tiptree Strawberry Jam – Glass 42g

•    Morrisons Lemon Bakewells 6 Pack

•    Morrisons The Best Chocolate Cake

•    Egg Mayo Sandwich Filler 250g

•    Cheese & Onion Sandwich Filler 250g

•    Medium White Loaf

•    Morrisons Red Label Tea Bags 40s 125g

•    Cravendale Semi Skimmed Milk 1L

+ optional Morrisons The Best Prosecco DOC 75cl

For more information or to purchase the Morrisons Tommy Tea Box visit https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/boxes/all-boxes